19 May 2009

People

In past and future posts i have mentioned and will mention a few people, i am not going to tell you a bit about all the important people i have met, just so you know :)

Gloria and Allison
Gloia and Allison are the first couple of volunteers that i met and they are my roommates. Gloria is 25 years old and an architect from California. Allison is going into her senior year studying Accounting in Syracuse, NY. They met three years ago when they both traced their roots starting in San Fancisco all the way to China. Allison had a couple of weeks free and decided she wanted to teach English in Kenya and asked if anyone wanted to come...Gloria said yes! (I wish someone would have volunteered to come with me :)

Winnie and Jason
Winnie and Jason were the second set of volunteers that i met, They are both from Vancouver B.C. Jason just graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Winnie is currently studying Engineering. Winnie was the initiator in this couple, she wanted to come and jason thought she didn't know what she was getting herself into so he came too...okay, not really, but it was mentioned

Joe, Eunice, and Kevin
Joe is the Volunteering Solutions Coordinator here in Kenya, he is an okay guy, will tell me anything i need to know, and will answer questions if asked, but other than that if he needs something done, or we need help he will hand us over to his assitants Kevin or Eunice.
Eunice is 21 years old, studying education at the University, she is very nice, and very quiet, she has helped a lot in settling down here in Kenya
Kevin i don't know very well he just helped me get home the first day of volunteering at the Orphanage, but he seems like a cool guy, lacks patience with the Matatu's, but really, who doesn't?

Vidah and Evelyn
Vidah and Evelyn are the women who teach at the orphanage, these are the women that i spend the most time with and help to teach the children. They are wonderful hard working people who donate all of their time to the Children. I look up to them Very much
Vidah has two children (one of them goes to school at the orphanage) and lives close by with her husband. She has been teaching at the orphanage for two years
Evelyn also lives close by with her husband and spends ALL of her time at the orphanage helping, she has been there i think Six years! i believe she also has two children.

4 comments:

PappaSistas said...

Thanks for introducing us to the people in your life! How are Mercy and her daughter? I would love to meet them too :)
I'm glad you sacrifice for us by taking the hour bus ride to make sure your friends and family are updated. That was a wierd sentence.

I LOVE YOU!!!!!
D

scammed said...

So good to follow you around, meet your new friends and co-workers and to just know you are okay. I too am grateful you make the time and effort to write on your blog, otherwise we would all worry.

Love you much,

Grandma

Diana said...

Look at those beautiful faces...you are with kind people. That is good. Love you still

PappaSistas said...

You are amazing! I am so sorry that it did not even occur to me to offer to go with you. Though I really couldn't have... but that isn't the point. I am glad that you are having such an amazing adventure. See you soon enough!